Interest is payable on all judgments and statutory liens, exclusive of real estate mortgages and security agreements under Title 57A, and exclusive of support debts or judgments under § 25-7A-14, at the Category B rate of interest as established in § 54-3-16 from and after the date of judgment and date of filing statutory lien. On all judgments arising from inverse condemnation actions, interest is payable at the Category A rate of interest as established by § 54-3-16.
S.D. Codified Laws § 54-3-5.1
Interest on judgments, statutory liens and inverse condemnations
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case Sander v. Geib, Elston, Frost Professional Ass'n (1993)
Most recently applied in Casper Lodging, LLC v. Akers (October 2015)
Source: SL 1981, ch 349, §§ 1, 3; SL 1982, ch 341, § 3; SL 1983, ch 361; SL 1984, ch 319, § 31; SL 1986, ch 218, § 69; SL 2003, ch 242, § 1.
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